Name: Prom 67: Beethoven – Missa Solemnis
Start: 2011-09-04T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2011-09-04T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Royal Albert Hall

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London Philharmonic Choir

London Symphony Chorus

Orchestra

London Symphony Orchestra

Conductor

Colin Davis

Soprano

Helena Juntunen

Contralto

Sarah Connolly

Alto

Tenor

Paul Groves

Singer

Matthew Rose

Bass-Baritone

Prom 67: Beethoven – Missa Solemnis

London

United Kingdom

Royal Albert Hall

Public

Missa solemnis in D major, op. 123

Paul Koneri

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About this event
Sir Colin Davis tackles a work whose uncompromising nature makes it as great a challenge as anything in the choral repertoire, whether you regard it as a statement of the composer's belief in the spiritual potential of man or his faith in a supreme being.

'A musician must make affirmations,' says Davis. 'If a musician cannot believe in music as a universal ideal, what is he left with? We may be encircled by gloom but music gives us a chance to throw what Meredith calls "that faint thin line upon the shore". ... Beethoven is a man at war with himself but a man who is determined to win.'

There will be no interval

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